iPhone 7 Plus may come with 2 rear cameras

We have seen two rear cameras in phones earlier. But now it seems that Apple is planning to join the bandwagon. Although it may not for the reasons that drive other companies to use such a feature.

According to a report by MacRumours, Apple may launch the iPhone 7 with two rear cameras. The report is based on a research note issued by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

In his note, Kuo says that Apple was testing two versions of the iPhone 7 Plus -- one with a single-lens camera and the other with dual lens setup. However the company would not use the dual lens setup for features like 3D photos or depth of field capturing so that focus can be fixed later. Instead, Apple will use the two lens setup to offer zoom that will be almost as good as the optical zoom. The feature would be enabled using technology from a company called LinX that was acquired by Apple earlier last year.

These are definitely early days for iPhone 7 rumours considering that the phone would launch in September or October. In fact, much before that Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 5SE, a four-inch phone that would have a price of around Rs 30,000. The iPhone 5SE would use a design similar to that of the iPhone 5 but with core hardware that is inside the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6S.

Although, if the iPhone 7 Plus indeed comes with a significantly new camera hardware, that would also be a little surprising. Apple usually doesn't make big changes in the core hardware like camera and screen from year to year. Last year when it launched the iPhone 6S Plus, it opted for a 12-megapixel image sensor that was significantly different from the 8-megapixel sensor in the iPhone 6 Plus. This indicate that this year Apple may not change the camera much with the iPhone 7 Plus.

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